Multiple Cardiac Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors in the Right Ventricle in an Infant Jin-Tao Tian, MD, Lik-Cheung Cheng, FRCS(Edin), FCSHK, Tak-Cheung Yung, FRCP(Edin), FHKAM(Paed) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages 1531-1535 (October 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.070 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Echocardiographic appearance of the patient: (A) massive mass in right ventricle protruding into right atrium through the tricuspid annulus; (B) no masses were detected 3 months after the resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1531-1535DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.070) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative finding showed the largest mass was protruding into the right atrium through the tricuspid annulus. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1531-1535DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.070) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Bland-looking spindle cells and inflammatory cells seen at high power, showing mainly small lymphocytes with scanty eosinophils and plasma cells (hematoxylin and eosin, ×40 magnification). (B) Diffuse expression of smooth muscle marker by tumor cells (muscle specific actin, ×20 magnification). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 1531-1535DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.070) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions